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Insurers now warm up to health cover for the elderly

Mwanaisha Wesonga aged 78 (Left) and Hadijah Wamukoya aged 76 from Lucheka village in Matungu. The two are widowed co-wives and live in abject poverty but have never received the Inua Jamii cash transfers. [FILE/Standard]

Andrew Kimani has been living abroad for a decade now, making a decent living.

His biggest worry, however, is the amount he spends monthly on caring for his 70-year-old mother.

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